Known targets — ChEMBL curated mechanism
The experimentally established mechanism targets of Nitrous Acid. The predicted profile below is derived independently by chemical similarity — agreement is a validation signal, a miss is honest.
⚠ Novel chemotype — no close known analogue (best Tanimoto < 0.3). Unexplored chemical space relative to ChEMBL.
Similar compounds — the chemically nearest patent molecules
Nearest neighbours by Morgan-fingerprint cosine across the patent-compound collection, with each neighbour's top predicted target and the predicted targets it shares with this molecule.
| Compound | similarity | top predicted | shared targets | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrous Acid SCHEMBL2512852 | 0.94 | — | — | |
| Nitrous Acid SCHEMBL4562019 | 0.94 | — | — | |
| Nitrous Acid SCHEMBL4562015 | 0.94 | — | — | |
| Nitrous Acid SCHEMBL25419792 | 0.94 | ALDH1A1 (0.67) | — | |
| Nitrous Acid SCHEMBL4551717 | 0.94 | — | — | |
| Nitrous Acid SCHEMBL25419795 | 0.94 | — | — | |
| Nitrous Acid SCHEMBL3804689 | 0.94 | ALDH1A1 (0.67) | — | |
| Nitrous Acid SCHEMBL23456536 | 0.94 | ALDH1A1 (0.67) | — | |
| Nitrous Acid SCHEMBL22406196 | 0.94 | ALDH1A1 (0.67) | — | |
| Nitrous Acid SCHEMBL1659698 | 0.94 | — | — |
Similarity is cosine over the 2,048-bit Morgan fingerprint (≈ Tanimoto). Identical fingerprints score 1.00.
Patent provenance — the patents this molecule appears in, and who filed them
Appears in 4019 patents — a generic fragment claimed broadly, so it's down-weighted as IP noise. Top by claim status then date:
| Patent | Title | Assignee | Published | Priority | Filing | Country | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN-116231082-B | Lithium-sulfur battery, electrolyte and composite additive thereof | 中南大学 | 2026-05-15 | — | — | CN | claimed |
| CN-115868061-B | Electrolyte for lithium-sulfur battery and lithium-sulfur battery comprising same | 株式会社LG新能源 | 2026-05-12 | — | — | CN | claimed |
| EP-4106071-B1 | ELECTROLYTE FOR LITHIUM-SULFUR SECONDARY BATTERY AND LITHIUM-SULFUR SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING SAME | LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD (KR) | 2026-04-29 | — | — | EP | claimed |
| EP-4723213-A1 | MODIFIED LITHIUM IRON(III) OXIDE MATERIAL, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF | Shenzhen Yanyi New Materials Co., Ltd. (CN) | 2026-04-08 | — | — | EP | claimed |
| US-12597642-B2 | — | — | 2026-04-07 | — | — | US | claimed |
| EP-4715942-A1 | ELECTROLYTE FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY AND LITHIUM METAL SECONDARY BATTERY | LG Energy Solution, Ltd. (KR) | 2026-03-25 | — | — | EP | claimed |
| US-12586814-B2 | Method of producing sulfide solid electrolyte and method for producing electrode mixture | IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD. (JP) | 2026-03-24 | — | — | US | claimed |
| EP-4674901-A1 | CARBON-COMPONENT-CONTAINING COMPOSITE RESIN PARTICLES, FOAM PARTICLES, MOLDED FOAM, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAID COMPOSITE RESIN PARTICLES | Sekisui Kasei Co., Ltd. (JP) | 2026-01-07 | — | — | EP | claimed |
| US-12512514-B2 | Electrolyte solution for lithium-sulfur secondary battery and lithium-sulfur secondary battery comprising same | LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD. (KR) | 2025-12-30 | — | — | US | claimed |
| EP-4665693-A1 | ACCELERATOR FOR SHOTCRETE FORMULATION, SHOTCRETE FORMULATIONS AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME | Ecocem Materials Limited (IE) | 2025-12-24 | — | — | EP | claimed |
| US-4216784-A | PALLADIUM, METAL NITRITE | LIGGETT GROUP INC. (US) | 1980-08-12 | — | — | US | claimed |
| US-4095961-A | ALKALI METAL NITRITE OR NITRATE FILM-FORMING GRINDING AID | FEL-PRO INCORPORATED | 1978-06-20 | — | — | US | claimed |
| US-4095637-A | CURING | THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY (US) | 1978-06-20 | — | — | US | claimed |
| US-4081512-A | ACETYLENE AND CARBON DIOXIDE BY-PRODUCT INHIBITION | CONTINENTAL OIL COMPANY (US) | 1978-03-28 | — | — | US | claimed |
| US-4073858-A | RAILROAD DRAFT GEARS | THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY (US) | 1978-02-14 | — | — | US | claimed |
| US-4071279-A | Solid polyurethane tire and wheel assembly | THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY (US) | 1978-01-31 | — | — | US | claimed |
| US-4029730-A | POLYURETHANE SIDEWALL, DIENE-ETHYLENE-PROPYLENE TERPOLYMER TREAD | E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY (US) | 1977-06-14 | — | — | US | claimed |
| US-4024013-A | Method of producing citrine crystals | KHADZHI VALENTIN EVSTAFIEVICH | 1977-05-17 | — | — | US | claimed |
| US-4021294-A | Process for producing amethyst crystals | KHADZHI VALENTIN EVSTAFIEVICH | 1977-05-03 | — | — | US | claimed |
| US-4005067-A | Process for the synthesis of nitrite ion-containing 1:1 complexes of cobalt and metallizable monoazo or azomethine compounds and such complexes | SANDOZ LTD. (CH) | 1977-01-25 | — | — | US | claimed |